Gas or vapor stove.



A. E. HARTIG & E. B. WOOTEN.

GAS OR VAPOR STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 7, 1908.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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ARTHUR EDWARD HABTIG AND *EARL isENJAM'IN wooTEN, or DAVENPORT, fowA;

SAID WOOTEN ASSIGNOR T0 SAID HARTIG.

GAS OB. VAPOR STOVE.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR Elm-'Mm HARTIG and EARL BENJAMIN lVoo'rEN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Gas or Vapor Stove, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention has in view a gas or vapor stove in which the heat is advantageously distributed, reducing the consumption of gas without impairing the baking or roasting qualities, also admitting of the cooking being carried on at the top of the 'stove either by the heat ofI the oven or in the usual manner by independent burners. To this end we construct the casing or body. of the stove* with an oven and provide gas or vapor burners, one below the oven and one within the upper portion of the oven, arranged under cooking openings in the top of the stove, and a cover `hinged to swing to and from the stove, having gas or vapor burners attached thereto and forming in connection with the top of the stove a heating chamber, the said cooking 'openings having sliding caps to control the passage of the oven heat Reference' is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciicat-ion, in which similar characters of reference 4indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective'view of a gas or vapor stove embodying our invention, show` ingy the cover swung from the stove, as when cooking at the top by the heat of theoven, and also showing the side of the stove'partly broken away to better disclose the construction; Fig. 2 is a plan of the upper portion of the stove with the cover and top plate removed; Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the, top plate of the stove; Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same.; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side view of the stove.-

The stovemore specifically described has the usual body portion or casing 10 pro-` vided with an internal shoulder or ange 11, at the top on which seats andvis secured a top plate 12,v `the same having one or more cooking openings 13,-lunder which are arranged gas or vapor burners 14,as shown in Fig. 2. On the under side of the top plate .12, ways or undercut ribs 12a are provided,

Specification of Letters Patent. i Application led October 7,

runnin from front to rear as shown in and thus saving in fuel.

Patented Aug. 3o, 1910. 1908.' serial No. 456,525.

Figs. 3 and 4in which are slidable caps l15 having operating handles. 16 passing out through the front of the stove. VThese caps serve to cover the openings 13 and prevent the escape of the heat from the oven, and also prevent the passage of dirt thereinto when the openings 13 are not in use. rEhe burner or burners 14in addition to supplying the heat for cooking on top of the stove, also heat the,i top of the oven, which is lfurther heated atthe bottom by a similar burner or burners supplied through a pipe 17, the last mentioned burners also operat- -ing to heat a bottom or brbiling compartment which is accessible at the front of the stove through a door 18. The oven proper is separated v:trom the broiling compartment by a bottom pla-te 19, preferably of an imperforate nature, and access within the oven .is obtained through a door 20 arranged above the door'18.

To the stove body or casing is hinged, preferably at the rear edge, a cover 21, which is shown 'to have a marginal flange 22 on its under face, and further provided with a number of gas or vapor burners 23 permanently attached to the forward portion thereofand 'arranged under suitable openings. This cover is supported from the top of the stove when the latter is in use by suitable means such, for example,.as an arm 24, which, it will be observed in Fig. 5, is.

hinged to the cover and has a notched free end adapted to engage over a pin 25 projecting rom the stove body. When the k 'cover is lowered, as when using the stove 1n the usual manner, the marginal flange -22 rests on the upper edge of the stove body and supports the burners 23 a substantial distance above the plate 12. The supply pipe leading to the burners 23 is'provided withja knuckle joint 24:a in alinement with the hinges of the cover, whereby the gas supply is not interfered with in moving this cover to and from operative and inoperative positions. When the cover 21 is seated on the stove it forms in connectionwith the top plate 12a heating chamber which is entirely closed at the sides by the marginal flange 2 2. This `chamber may be h eated by either the, oven burners or cover burners or bothi jointly, in either case admitting of the cooking over any' of the burner Aopenings 1n the top plate or at other points on this plate,

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Having thus described onr invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination in a gas or Vapor stove, of an oven, a burner for heating the oven, the top plate of the oven having a cooking vessel opening receiving its heat from the oven burner, a cover movable to and from the stove and forming When in operative position, in Connection With the said top plate, a heating chamber, and a burner carried by the cover, the said cover having a cooking vessel opening under Which the last-named burner is arranged and through which the heated gases from the oven burner are 15 adapted to pass.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ARTHUR EDWARD HARTIG.

EARL BENJAMIN WOOTEN. Witnesses:

HENRY H. BALLHORN,

LOUIS CARSTENS. 

